E/CN.4/2004/18 page 16 F. Sudan 1. Joint urgent action transmitted on 1 September 2003 with the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture 45. The Special Rapporteurs would like to draw the attention of the Government of the Sudan to information we have received concerning 23 persons of Fur ethnicity: Fadl Adam Shatta, Gamreldin Adam Shatta, Hassan Asooli, Mohammed Suleiman Niple, Azhari Yagoub, Abdel Aziz Mukhtar, Adam Mohammed Khatir, Ibrahim Zakari, Abdel Latif Hassan, Zakaria Mohammed Suleiman, Abdel Mutalib Ahmed Omer, Abdalla Hamza, Adam Mohammed Suleiman, Siddig Ismail, Ismail Mohamed Abdallah, who is reportedly a mentally ill man, Abaker Ismail Adam, Alsadiq Sidiq, Suleiman Adam Musa, Hayder Tamboor, Nasr Eldin Tamboor, Yaqub Rahma Tanusi, who is reportedly a Shertaï tribal leader, and Abud Mandy. All were reportedly arrested by security forces without formal charges, on the basis of their alleged support for the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), an armed opposition group reportedly operating in Darfur since February 2003 which has many members of Fur ethnicity. It is reported that all persons named above are being held in incommunicado detention. 46. According to the information received, Fadl Adam Shatta, Gamreldin Adam Shatta and Hassan Asooli were arrested by members of the security forces on 18 August 2003 in the town of Kabkabyia, North Darfur. They are reported to be held at security forces premises in Kabkabyia town. Mohammed Suleiman Niple, Azhari Yagoub, Abdel Aziz Mukhtar, Adam Mohammed Khatir and Ibrahim Zakaria were reportedly arrested during August 2003 and are said to be held in Shala Prison in El Fashir. Abdel Latif Hassan, Zakaria Mohammed Suleiman, Abdel Mutalib Ahmed Omer, Abdalla Hamza, Adam Mohammed Suleiman and Siddig Ismail were also reportedly arrested during August 2003 and are allegedly being held in security forces premises in Kabkabyia town. 47. Ismail Mohamed Abdallah, Abaker Ismail Adam, Alsadiq Sidiq, and Suleiman Adam Musa, were reportedly arrested around 3 August 2003 in the village of Mokjar in Western Darfur by security forces. It is reported that, after being detained incommunicado in the security forces’ premises in Mokjar, they were transferred to Nyala, capital of Southern Darfur province, on 5 August 2003. Since then, the four men named above have reportedly been detained incommunicado at the security forces’ premises in Nyala. They are allegedly not being allowed any contact with their relatives or lawyer. 48. Hayder Tamboor, Nasr Eldin Tamboor, Yaqub Rahma Tanusi, Abud Mandy and four others were reportedly arrested by officers from military intelligence in Zalingey, West Darfur State, and Western Sudan between 19 and 22 August 2003. They were reportedly taken to the security forces’ premises in Zalingey where they are believed to be held in incommunicado detention. Nasr Eldin Tamboor was reportedly transferred to a hospital in Zalingey on 26 August 2003. There are reports that beatings by security forces officers worsened a kidney injury which he had sustained prior to his arrest. He is reportedly chained to his hospital bed, under surveillance by security forces officers and is not allowed any visits. It is also reported that Nasr Eldin Tamboor was previously detained incommunicado in Nyala prison, around August and September 2002, before being released without charge after about a month.